Last Chance for Animals

What it reported doing in 2024

Education and Public Outreach: LCA strives to educate the public about animal cruelty and exploitation throughwebsites, social media, brochures, email alerts, mailings, and media attention. These educational tools are valuable resources for the public, as they provide information on various animal rights issues, encourage readers to take action, and offer an opportunity to update members on LCA activities.LCAs main website, www.lcanimal.org, had 250,513 total visitors in 2024. Facebook and Instagram accounts had over 1.4 million impressions and a total reach of over 1.5 million. Followers and subscribers were comprised of Facebook (340,951), X (9,345), Instagram (18,313), and YouTube (46,325 with 6.4 million impressions and 778,713 views). LCAs email action alerts inspire supporters to take action on urgent issues. Supporters send emails and letters, sign petitions, make phone calls, and post on social media to help bring about changes needed for animals.LCAs founder and president, Chris DeRose, is frequently interviewed for national and international digital media, printed newspapers and magazines, and television and radio programs. He travels in the U.S. and abroad, giving lectures and educating the public about animal rights. Banning Rodeo Cruelty in Los Angeles - L.A. Councilmember Bob Blumenfield introduced Ordinance #320-1575 in February 2021that would ban the use of inhumane implements, such as electric prods, flank straps, and spurs, that force animals to perform in rodeos. After the L.A. City Council voted unanimously on 12/5/23 for the City Attorneys office to amend the proposed rodeo ban language, it was amended on 7/18/24, changing it from an inhumane implements ban to an animal exhibition ban for the six most egregious events that included bull riding, calf roping, saddle bronc riding, steer wrestling, and team roping. The Neighborhoods and Community Enrichments Committee must now approve the ban before it goes to the City Council for a final vote.LCA has supported the Ordinance since its introduction and is working closely with a coalition of animal advocates and Councilmember Blumenfield to get it passed. Throughout 2024, LCA rallied supporters via email action alerts, social media posts, and information on www.stopbullriding.com to visit the L.A. City website and leave a comment on the City Council file in support of the ban. LCA participated in coalition meetings and hearings with City Council staff and lobbied for passage of the Ordinance. LCA co-hosted nine rodeo protests in Southern California, including three Professional Bull Riders events and the first-ever rodeo event at San Diegos Petco Park. LCAs mobile video truck circled the rodeo venues, showing footage of animals hurt in the rodeo. LCA continues to educate the public about the cruelty and deaths inflicted on animals by the rodeo industry and plays a key role in efforts to pass the Los Angeles Rodeo Ordinance.Stopping the Dog Meat Trade in South Korea - On 1/9/24, the S. Korean National Assembly made history by passing the Special Bill for the End of Dog Meat Consumption, which will ban breeding, raising, slaughtering, distributing, and the sale of dogs for meat by 2027. In early February, President Yoon Suk Yeol signed the Special Bill into law, making its passage official. This historic victory will save 1,000,000 - 2,000,000 dogs a year.LCA and our sister organization in S. Korea, Animal Liberation Wave (ALW), have worked tirelessly to raise public awareness about the bill and work with the S. Korean government to ensure the country meets its 2027 deadline. Over 200,000 people attended the Yeouido Spring Flower Festival at the S. Korean National Assembly that showcased the eight Flower Dogs - iconic symbols of LCA/ALWs fight against the dog meat trade. In the second half of 2024, LCA/ALW joined with other animal rights groups and over 100 activists to rally at Seouls Cheonggye Plaza and demand a swift end to the dog meat trade. LCA/ALWs legal te

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 87.3%; rating input score 87
• Fundraising efficiency: $5.52 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 86.7%; rating input score 87; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
• Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 16th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -26.8%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.42; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 6.8%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings